Amid a firestorm of criticism from educators, superintendents and parents across the state, on Wednesday, the State Department of Education presented the A-F Report Card results grading the performance of Oklahoma schools to the board.

“We think it's important that every Oklahoma parent has a clear and accurate report on how their schools are doing," State Superintendent Janet Barresi said.

After the grades were released, school administrators fired back.

"When we have schools where teachers are moving mountains and kids are making incredible gains, and they're graded with a D, you've got to question whether the formula is valid or not,” said Norman Public Schools Spokeswoman Shelly Hickman.

Educators said the A-F Report Card is a good idea in principal, but not in actuality.

"A-F on its face, it's wonderful. We want a public accountability system for schools that's easy for a parent to understand," said Hickman.

Other school officials echoed Hickman's sentiment.

In a statement to KOCO, Purcell Schools Superintendent Dr. Kathy Draper said, "While we fully support accountability measures regarding student success and teacher effectiveness, the report cards released today do not accurately measure a school's performance on any level."

Oklahoma City Public Schools, which had 39 schools receive “F” grades, released a statement that read in part, “The overall results are clearly a disappointment for many students, parents and teachers who worked so hard to improve on the scores from the grading method used last year."

Hickman said the frustration is stemming from more than just the grades.

“When property values, economic development job creation, when all of that is on the line, it's really, really important that the state get it right."

OKLAHOMA SCHOOL LEADERS PUT OUT THEIR REPORT CARDS FOR ALL OF OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS. AND THE NUMBERS ARE NOT PRETTY. 163 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE WERE GIVEN AN "F". 354 OTHER SCHOOLS WERE GIVEN AN "A". K-O-C-O'S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS BEEN GATHERING REACTION AND JOINS US NOW LIVE... THE A-F REPORT CARD HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL SINCE IT WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR AND TODAY - WITH THE RELEASE OF THE 20-13 GRADES - SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SOUNDING OFF. SOT: C0001 58:40 "when we have schools where teachers are moving mountains and kids are making incredible gains, and they're graded with a D, you've got to question whether the formula is valid or not." 49 STILL - THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS STANDING BY THE REPORT CARD. C00042 43:12 "we think it's important that every Oklahoma parent has a clear and accurate report on how their schools are doing." 43:19 SOT:57:08 "A-F on it's face, it's wonderfulwe want a public accountability system for schools that's easy for a parent to understand" AND EDUCATORS ECHO THAT SENTIMENT IN A STATEMENT, PURCELL SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT DR. KATHY DRAPER SAID: "While we fully support accountability measures regarding student success and teacher effectiveness, the report cards released today do not accurately measure a school's performance on any level." OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - WHICH HAD 39 F GRADES - HAD THIS TO SAY: "the overall results are clearly a disappointment for many students, parents and teachers who worked so hard to improve on the scores from the grading method used last year." AND SCHOOLS SAY IT'S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE GRADE SOT: c0001 58:16 when property values, economic development job creationwhen all of that is on the line, it's really really important that the state get it right." ALL OF THE DISTRICTS WE TALKED TO SAID, DESPITE THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH THE RESULTS, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO IMPROVE THEIR SCORES AND TO ENRICH THE EDUCATION OF THEIR STUDENTS. LIVE IN NORMAN, ERIELLE RESHEF, KOCO 5 NEWS. WE ALSO JUST GOT REACTION FROM EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THEIR LOWEST SCORE FOR A SCHOOL WAS A "C". THE HIGHEST WAS AN "A PLUS". 32.51-33:13 we still believe there are significant issues.. and we are going to continue to give that message to our parents, our legislators to the state department of education. Now that we have that report card on what we really want to focus on is taking that information that student data, and utilitzing any of it that is relevant. FIND OUT WHERE YOUR SCHOOL RANKS. THERE'S A LINK TO THE STATE'S WEBSITE, INSIDE THE STORY ON K-O-C-O DOT COM. NEW TONIGHT A GROUP THAT WANTS

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